Deliberately Drawing a Line

As Xiang Bin passed by Yang Ding, he stopped and looked at him with disdain in his eyes.

His beating of Hu Feng was partly a way of demonstrating his authority to Yang Ding.

Neither of the two young men had ever provoked this old man, simply because Yang Ding had married a high-class wife like Ye Rou.

However, his son was paired with a female martial artist who was of mediocre talent and extremely ugly, which displeased him.

He beats students when he's unhappy, not because he's a pervert, but because he doesn't have to pay any price.

"I heard that Instructor Ye wants to help you get into the martial arts academy. Don't associate with this kind of trash who has no future. It's best to keep your distance."

"If you really have the ability to pass the monthly exam, you can try to curry favor with my son, Xiang Tianyou. You two will be teammates in the future. With your qualifications, it's safer for you to find an older brother."

Yang Ding looked at Hu Feng.

Hu Feng, covered in pig manure, touched his injured lumbar spine, his bloodshot eyes looking at his old brother with whom he had grown up.

Yang Ding avoided his gaze and replied loudly, "Yes, Instructor Xiang, I will keep my distance from Hu Feng."

He wanted every student in the classroom to hear him, and Hu Feng naturally heard him too.

After the instructor left, Luo Guihua helped Hu Feng up.

"Did you hear that? Your good brother has cut ties with you. Wake up."

Hu Feng was unaware that Yang Ding was intentionally avoiding suspicion and preparing for future actions.

"If we don't draw a clear line, are you going to take a beating with me?"

"You're so good to your brother, it's a pity good people don't live long."

"What's the point of pigs living so long?" Hu Feng roared, his eyes wide.

"Go ahead and die if you dare, why are you yelling at me?"

Hu Feng, supporting his back, limped into the pigsty to continue working.

Yang Ding also switched pigsties with the other students to keep his distance from Hu Feng.

At noon, while the other students had to watch over the piglets, he could secretly practice his kung fu.

He didn't do anything in the morning, yet the affection level increased by 0.2, which felt as good as receiving interest.

【Affection Level: 4%↑】

[Cultivation Progress: 4.1%↑]

"Intimate contact really makes a difference. If she gets pregnant with my child, that would be terrible."

The two fingers that almost fractured yesterday have already recovered and I feel no pain at all.

He looked at the small dent the counselor had made on the wall, put his two fingers together, and concentrated his inner energy in his right hand.

"It shouldn't hurt this time, right?"

After saying that, he suddenly slammed into the wall.

Two fingers sank into the wall, causing only a slight pain, even though the dents were deeper than those from the counselor's fist.

"My wife's marksmanship is amazing!"

"I should be able to reach the mid-level of the first rank cultivation soon, not much worse than the instructor, but the true qi pulse of the spear technique is more penetrating."

"If you want to teach him a lesson, you have to completely overwhelm him with your strength, but I have no practical experience."

Then Yang Ding punched the wall several more times, digging a large pit at the finger hole to avoid leaving any trace.

Students are strictly prohibited from disrespecting their superiors or attacking instructors. Such actions will be investigated and severely punished by the student council, and must be carried out flawlessly.

【Affection Level: 4%↑】

[Cultivation Progress: 4.2%↑]

Although one's cultivation progresses slowly through self-cultivation, even a fly's meat is meat.

Yang Ding didn't speak to Hu Feng until school ended in the afternoon, and Hu Feng didn't come to find him either.

The two left the elevator at the same time after school, without even saying hello.

"Yang Ding is so arrogant now that he's living off a woman, he really doesn't care about his best brother anymore."

"He's also afraid of getting beaten up."

"The counselor wouldn't dare hit him; his wife is Instructor Ye."

"Given Instructor Ye's position, couldn't he use his connections to put in a good word for Hu Feng?"

"Who is Hu Feng to Instructor Ye? Besides, if we don't beat up Hu Feng, he might beat up you or me. In any case, we all need to find someone to vent our anger on."

"Then let's fight Hu Feng."

As his cultivation level improved, Yang Ding's hearing became several times better than that of an ordinary person.

He was about to leave this godforsaken place and didn't care about gossip at all.

The important thing is whether you can help your good brother out when you part ways.

Hu Feng has always had a strong sense of self-esteem, and he's about to become a father. Being publicly beaten and scolded every day, it's impossible for him to make it to graduation.

When he got home, he prepared to cook, but Ye Rou was already busy in the kitchen.

"Wife, why are you back so early?" Yang Ding asked.

"My classes are all in the morning, so I don't have much to do in the afternoon, which is why I come back to tidy up the house. Are you hungry?"

"I'm hungry. I didn't eat much at noon."

"Why?" Ye Rou asked, looking at him. "Did Xiang Bin bully you?"

"He didn't bully me, he always bullied my classmates."

"There's nothing I can do about it. He's notorious for beating students. I can only protect you, not your classmates. The discipline director is his aunt."

"I never imagined that kinship reproduction also existed in universities."

"Only by becoming a warrior and facing a strong enemy can you rely on your true abilities; other organizations can't do that."

Ye Rou was still worried after speaking, and instructed, "I heard that this Xiang Bin also has the martial arts cultivation of the middle level of the first rank. Don't fight him head-on. If he hurts you, I can't really kill him."

Yang Ding looked at Ye Rou and said, "Wife, thank you for bringing me ashore. If I hadn't been paired with you, I might have been the one getting beaten up. So I will definitely cultivate hard and make sure I pass the monthly exam for freshmen."

【Affection Level: 4.5%↑】

[Cultivation Progress: 4.7%↑]

Ye Rou was both touched and ashamed.

"Mr. Yang, please don't get sentimental in the future. What if I fall in love with you? I still have to go to the front lines."

"I've recently noticed some changes in my body. Maybe I have a talent for fighting too. I'll bring the kids to the front lines to find you then."

Ye Rou smiled calmly, "Good luck, Mr. Yang."

On the surface, she encouraged him, but she also knew in her heart that if Yang Ding hadn't awakened his martial arts talent by his age, he probably didn't have much talent for it.

Furthermore, awakening is also divided into different levels. Not everyone has the opportunity to join the Northern Alliance. It is the elite force of the five great empires of Blue Star, protecting the world's remaining 700 million people.

After Yang Ding finished showering, he looked at Ye Rou, who was washing vegetables in the kitchen.

She was wearing a white tank top underneath, a pink floral apron over it, and black loungewear shorts. A few strands of short, curly hair were tucked behind her right ear.

Yang Ding walked over, put his arm around her slender waist from behind, and kissed her ear.

Ye Rou's fair temples instantly broke out in goosebumps, but she didn't flinch.

"These are the vegetables you bought yesterday. Can you teach me how to cook them?"

"Okay, I need to peel some garlic."

"Jingjie praised you to the skies in front of me today."

"Didn't she look down on me?" Yang Ding asked with a smile.

"That was true before, but now she feels safer with a man like you. I'll never be at risk of becoming a widow."

"That's true, I don't want to be a widower either."

"No, I've already thought it through. I'll try to get you and Sister Jing together before I leave."

"I don't want a divorce."

Ye Rou hesitated for a moment, and then gave up on even the idea of ​​divorce.

"Even without going through divorce proceedings, according to the laws of the Empire, you can marry two wives."

Ye Rou originally wanted to invite Fang Jing to dinner, hoping that having a man there would distract her.

But Fang Jing didn't want to bother the newlywed couple any longer, so she went to the maternal and child health hospital to be with her child.

Ye Rou took out the leftover red wine and poured it for Yang Ding.

"Tonight I'll transfer my inner energy to you and teach you how to circulate it. After you finish these things, you can rest, so as not to delay important matters. The monthly exam is on the 25th, which is only half a month away."